The United Nations’ International Organisation for Migration (IOM) defines a migrant as “a person who moves away from his or her place of usual residence, whether within a country or across an international border, temporarily or permanently, and for a variety of reasons.”
On December 16, Caritas Cambodia distributed 27 tons of rice to 1,105 displaced families currently staying at safety centers in Bavel District, Battambang Province, in southwestern Cambodia, about 350 kilometers from the capital, Phnom Penh
In a message published on his personal social media account on December 11, Bishop Olivier Schmitthaeusler, Vicar Apostolic of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, urged all parishes in his jurisdiction to organize Masses and prayer services for peace, following the renewed conflict along the Cambodia–Thailand border.
